Mrs. Celeste Bonniwell Costin, 87, wife of the late E. Bryan Costin Jr. and a resident of Capeville, passed away Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at Brookdale in Virginia Beach, Va. A native of Willis Wharf, she was the daughter of the late Wilber Bonniwell and the late Ola Riggin Bonniwell. She was a retired postmaster of Capeville Post Office, member of Capeville United Methodist Church and Northampton Chapter #2 Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Costin loved her family, her church family, and friends. She was generous with both her love and her time and was always busy and on the go. Mrs. Costin was quick to share her opinion, as well as her love of cooking and the flowers from her colorful garden. She will be missed by many but we know she’s now our angel in Heaven.
Survivors include her daughter, Cathy Costin Potts, of Capeville; granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn O’Kusky, of San Francisco, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter, Lynn Costin O’Kusky; brother, Wilber Bonniwell Jr.; and sister, Helen Walker.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at Capeville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Linda Lowe and the Rev. Jeff Conrow officiating. Interment followed in Capeville Masonic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Medi Home Hospice, 530 Independence Pkwy #200, Chesapeake, VA 23320.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com
Arrangements were made by Wilkins-Doughty Funeral Home in Cape Charles.
